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It seems as of late that film adaptations of novels are causing frenzy among fans of the source material. What to Expect When You’re Expecting is another book turned romantic comedy loaded with an ensemble cast playing unrealistic characters in ill-matched relationships. The film which doesn’...
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It’s a rare thing these days for a film to be clever and pose relevant and provocative questions to an audience through the development of story and character. Now, more than ever, people seem to be in a desperate search for an identity and acceptance, as a distinct and individual member of th...
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Taking a filthy rich chauvinistic North African dictator, stripping away his identity in a pair of botched assassination attempts, and finding him roaming the streets of New York City as a “normal guy” might sound like the ingredients for an intriguing action thriller, but it’s actually the...
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Having never watched the original 1960s daily soap opera Dark Shadows and holding a steady grudge against director Tim Burton for the abrasive Charlie & the Chocolate Factory and Alice in Wonderland (not to mention Johnny Depp’s last run of disappointments), I went into Burton’s gothic-co...
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I’ve mentioned several times in the past that I was apprehensive regarding an Avengers movie. Logistically, teaming up all of those major superheroes would be something most people couldn't do successfully. As the project grew closer though and all the ancillary films were released, I started t...
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The Raven, starring John Cusack as the classic horror author Edgar Allen Poe, is director James McTeigue’s third movie. This time around McTeigue takes slight step in a different direction from his two previous films (V for Vendetta and Ninja Assassin), which were largely reliant on action scen...
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The Five-Year Engagement has all the stuff great romantic comedies are made of. It sports a superb cast and side-splitting consistent laughs through-out, with plenty of memorable one-liners that will keep you smiling for days after. The unforeseen chemistry between the two main love interests rea...
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It’s 1984 in a beautiful but impoverished small town on New Zealand’s east coast, where an 11-year-old who everybody calls Boy gets an unexpected visit from his long-absent father. Featuring two fine performances from unknown Maori child actors, Boy, writer/director and co-star Taika Waititi'...
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Who actually takes relationship books seriously? Based on the book Act Like a Lady, Think Like a Man by Steve Harvey, the new film Think Like a Man delivers advice to women who want to understand how men think when it comes to relationships, intimacy, and love. It introduces concepts such as the ...
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